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2025 Monochrome Madness (MM): 10 April

Cramerton Concert

The last Friday of the month from March through September the Town of Cramerton holds a Concert Event in the Park. The Concerts will feature artists (singers, bands, musicians) from different genres each month. With a different Genre each Concert the Town hopes to please the musical interests of practically every member of the community.

March’s Concert’s main feature was a band entitled Small Town Sunday. Small Town Sunday performed a mixture of Country music, Christian music, and Christian Country music. The group featured a trio of singers; Matt Branch, Holly Branch and Stephen Robertson plus a drummer, a keyboard musician, and guitarist. The music was fantastic, Coleman and I really enjoyed their music. A couple of song titles they performed are “THE DAYS HE CAN BELIEVE” (written in honor of Matt Branch’s father) and “That’s What I Love About Sunday.”

Here are a few photos I captured during the concert from my iPhone in Black and White.

*Matt & Holly Branch and Stephen Robertson*

To find out more about the musical band, Small Town Sunday click here.

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Location: The Graham & Gayle Bell Pavilion; Centennial Center; Town of Cramerton; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Enjoy the Outdoors. Have a funtastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Monochrome Madness #25: Places of Worship

Churches in Monochrome

This week’s Monochrome Madness is hosted by Dawn from The Day After Blog. She has given us challenge theme of Places of Worship. For this challenge I selected a few from current and archived photos to use this week.

Here are my selections:

The first three were taken in 2020 when I went walking around my Aunt’s town while I was visiting her in Abilene, Texas.

Church of Christ
5th and Grape St
Abilene, Texas

The Episcopal Church
of the Heavenly Rest
Abilene, Texas

The Galilee Baptist Church
was built in 1963.
Galilee Baptist Church
1011 Briarwood St
Abilene TX 79603

The Westfield Presbyterian Church
Westfield, New Jersey

*Cramerton Independent*
Presbyterian Church
51 8th Ave,
Cramerton, NC 28032, USA

This last church is the church I attended all through my growing up years (from Kindergarten through College). It is currently known as Grace Church San Diego. When I attended this church it was known as Scott Memorial Baptist Church and was pastored by Dr. Tim F. LaHaye, co-author of the Left Behind series of books.

Grace Church San Diego
Formerly Known as
Scott Memorial Baptist Church
4637 Oregon Street
San Diego, CA 92116

Dawn’s Monochrome Madness-Places of Worship

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Martha Rivers Park Monochrome Style

***Coleman Hang-time***
***in the Fitness Track***

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max Telephoto and Ultra Wide Cameras.

Location: Martha Rivers Park; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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LAPC: Black & White and Monochrome

I normally try to take photos as we go hiking in our neighborhood, along the various trails and sometimes we hike more than one trail in a given day. As always my hiking buddy is my (recently turned 4) grandson, Coleman. He loves spending time outdoors especially when he gets to go hiking in the woods, along the creeks, rivers, and lakes.

On this particular day we rode the transit bus from near our home to the Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway. We hiked the Greenway seeing many amazing sights along the way. We hiked the entire 2.7 mile paved greenway. The Avon Catawba Creeks Greenway connects Lineberger Park to Ferguson Park. The Catawba Creek Greenway portion runs through wooded and open creek areas between several residential areas and junctions at the Avon Creek Greenway. Combined, the Avon and Catawba Creeks Greenway is approximately 3 miles. We ventured over onto Robinwood Road from the Greenway and on down to the Gaston County Warlick Family YMCA to continue hiking some more after a bit of a rest and a snack while overlooking Robinwood Lake.

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Black & White and Monochrome

Leannes Monochrome Madness

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max and Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S18-55mm lens.

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time as we hiked along the Greenways to the Warlick YMCA. It was a pleasurable afternoon. We appreciate y’all and any thoughts you’d like to share.

Monday Portrait: In Black & White

Coleman’s Expressions:

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Monday Portrait-Coleman

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina, USA

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MWM: Lineberger Park

***Train Tracks***
***around the***
***Playground***

***Coleman***
***in the only***
***“Train” available —***
***Not Real, Disappointing***

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Mid-Week Monochrome

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

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MWM: Inside an Antique Farmhouse

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Mid-Week Monochrome

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

Location: The Farm; The Schiele Museum of Natural History; Gastonia, North Carolina.

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Y Thursday Trios

***Trio of***
***Eastern Sensitive-Briar***
***(Mimosa microphylla)***

***Trio of Flags***
***waving in the breeze***

Thursday Trios

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Mid-Week Monochrome

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Photo Credit: ©️Deb L. Waters

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i and iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Monochrome Madness: Lancaster Sunsets

***Original Sunset***
***a few hours later***

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Hammad Rais’s Weekend Sky #107

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MWM: Inside a Catawba Thatched Hut

Thatched Hut
Catawba Indian Village
The Schiller Museum
Gastonia, North Carolina

***Animal Hide*** &
***Skeletal Remains***
***Woven Basket***

Located in the Catawba Indian Village at The Schiele Museum of Natural History’s Nature Trail in Gastonia, North Carolina. This was the first time I stepped inside the hut to see the interior space. I was surprised and delighted to see the exhibits located in its interior.

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Camera: iPhone 14 Pro Max

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts. I appreciate y’all.